[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c13.s6.2 # Mughal Administration c13.s6.2 Mughal Administration c13.s6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6.2) As Aurangzib writes in one of his letters, “The Khalifa of the Age (\*i.e.\*, the reigning sovereign of the country) is the trustee \[not ‘owner’\] of the \*Bait-ul-mal\*.” \[\*Ruqaat\* No. 107.\] And, again, in two other letters, “It is my duty to increase the property of the \*Bait-ul-mal\*” and “All presents made (to the sovereign) appertain to the \*Bait-ul-mal\*.” \[Irvine MS. 350, No. 29 ; I.O.L. M.S. 3301, No. 102.\] - [Previous: c13.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6.1) - [Next: c13.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6.3) - [Up: c13.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c13.s6.2) · Pramāṇa